#238F9A#238F9A

#238F9A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.093 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238F9A
RGB	rgb(35, 143, 154)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 7.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.38, -25.31, -14.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.38, 29.10, 209.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59.7% -0.0844 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(59.7% 0.093 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.3458, 22.3333, 34.0149)
Luminance	0.2233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238F9A #9A2E23

analogous

#239A6A #238F9A #23549A

triadic

#238F9A #9A238F #8F9A23

tetradic

#238F9A #6A239A #9A2E23 #549A23

square

#238F9A #6A239A #9A2E23 #549A23

split-complementary

#238F9A #9A2354 #9A6A23

monochromatic

#0C3236 #186168 #238F9A #2EBDCC #5DCFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#238F9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#238F9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238F9A

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238F9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238F9A	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83899B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238f9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 143, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.093 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b0b7',
    500: '#238f9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238f9a;
$custom-light: #73b0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238f9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.546,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59698,
    "c": 0.09336,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238F9A

secondary

#BF635A

accent

#5142E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF5F6

border

#C9CFD0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238F9A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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